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英語の勉強をしていると「自由」という日本語に該当するものとして
libertyとfreedomを学びますね。

英英辞典の定義を見るとlibertyは
the freedom and the right to do whatever you want
without asking permission or being afraid of authority

じゃあlibertyの中に含まれるfreedomはというと
the right to do what you want without being controlled
or restricted by anyone

となります。

なにげにわかりにくいんですし、辞書なんかを見るといろんな
ことが書かれているんでさらに混乱しますが個人的には

libertyの中にある
without being controlled or restricted by anyone
つまり、「制約を受けない」

freedomの中にある
without asking permission or being afraid of authority
つまり、「許可を求めず、権威を気にしない」

の差かな、と思ってます。
freedomの方が広い意味での「自由」を感じるのに対し、
libertyは「制約から解き放たれた」感じがします。

今回はfreedomを含んだ名言です。伸び伸びとした感じを
味わってください。

"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope."
-- Sir Winston Churchill

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
-- The Declaration of Independence

"The arms we have been compelled by our enemies to assume we will, in defiance of every hazard, with unabating firmness and perseverance, employ for the preservation of our liberties being with one mind resolved to die free rather than live slaves."
-- Thomas Jefferson

"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman."
-- Thomas Paine

"Liberty is the child of intelligence."
-- Denis Waitley

"Freedom is that instant between when someone tells you to do something and when you decide how to respond."
-- Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein

"The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitudes."
-- Victor Frankl

"Whatever the standard of freedom and independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will be America´s heart, her benedictions and her prayers."
-- John Quincy Adams

"Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes."
-- Mahatma Gandhi

"All we have of freedom -- all we use or know -- this our fathers bought for us, long and long ago."
-- J. Rudyard Kipling

"There is nothing wrong with America that the faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens can to cure."
-- Dwight D. Eisenhower